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Author:	Edgar Rice Burroughs
Title:	Tarzan Of The Apes
Publisher:	A. C. Mcclurg & Co.
Country:	USA
Date:	17 Jun 1914
Format:	Hardcover
Genre:	Fiction, Fantasy
Total Editions:	5
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Notes

a. c. mcclurg & co. chicago (usa) published the first editions of edgar rice burroughs' tarzan books (and other "erb" titles) from #1 in 1914, through #11 in 1928. they progressively reduced the publishing side of their business to concentrate on wholesaling and distribution from the early 1920s.

first edition.
cover (dust-jacket) art by fred j. arting
cover (dust-jacket) price $1.30
400pp. bound between cloth-covered boards with end-papers,
distributed in two colour and black-printed paper dust-jacket.
reprinted 1914, 1915 (dark red, orange or green cloth), all reported as maintaining the 1914 publication date and also the d-j price.

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23skidoo ● 18th Jun 2020		Based on the information in the Notes, this edition appears to have been erroneously indexed as paperback. Correction submitted.



ppint. 22nd Jan 2019		tarzan series #1: #1: "tarzan of the apes"" (1914) (this book) #2: "the return of tarzan" (1915), q.v. #3: "the beasts of tarzan" (1916), q.v. #4: "the son of tarzan" (1917), q.v. #5: "tarzan and the jewels of opar" (1918), q.v. #6: "jungle tales of tarzan" (1919), q.v. #6a: aka "tarzan's jungle tales" (uk p/bs 1961 & ff.), q.v. #7: "tarzan, the untamed" (1920), q.v. #8: "tarzan the terrible" (1921), q.v. #9: "tarzan and the golden lion" (1923), q.v. #10: "tarzan and the ant men" (1924), q.v. #10a: aka "tarzan and the ant-men"'(uk), q.v. #11: "tarzan, lord of the jungle" (1928), q.v. #12: "tarzan and the lost empire" (1929), q.v. #13: "tarzan at the earth's core" (1930), q.v. (tarzan #13 is a cross-over novel: it is also pellucidar series #4: pellucidar #1: "at the earth's core" (1922), q.v. for this series listing and links.) #14: "tarzan the invincible" (1931), q.v. #15: "tarzan triumphant" (1932), q.v. #16: "tarzan and the city of gold" (1933), q.v. #16a: "tarzan and the city of gold (abridged)" (1952), q.v. #17: "tarzan and the lion man" (1934), q.v. #18: "tarzan and the leopard men" (1935), q.v. #19: "tarzan's quest" (1936), q.v. #19a: "tarzan's quest (abridged)" (1952), q.v. #20: "tarzan and the forbidden city" (1938), q.v. #20a: "tarzan in the forbidden city" (1940), q.v. #20b: "tarzan and the forbidden city (abridged)" (1952), q.v. #21: "tarzan the magnificent" (1939), q.v. #22: "tarzan and "the foreign legion"" (1947), q.v. #22a: "tarzan and the foreign legion" (uk p/bs from 1958), q.v. #23: "tarzan and the madman" (1964), q.v. #24: "tarzan and the castaways" (collection) (1964), q.v. plus fritz leiber's film novelization: #25: ''tarzan and the valley of gold'' (1966), q.v. gordon landsborough convinced erb/inc. that his abridgements ''for boys and girls 12-15'' for his new dragon books imprint would not constitute infringements of licences already granted to uk publishers for the uk & commonwealth, etc, rights to the complete novels. seven of the tarzan series were abridged in eight volumes - with ''tarzan and the jewels of opar'' occupying two books - by him in this way, as well as four of the barsoomian books. - gordon landsborough must have been a very persuasive person. . .



ppint. 25th Feb 2023		w. h. allen p/b third printing (1952), after two 1951 printings, cover price 1/6d. mark goulden was the chairman of the board at w. h. allen & co. ltd. for thirty-six years (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 11th Aug 2021		using the same logo as appears on the uk-priced covers of some merkin mmpb run-ons distributed in the yuk-of-gb(-&-ni?) without necessarily having gone through the bother of acquiring a licence to the uk & commonwealth rights to the same, this flamingo books seems remarkably difficult to track down as to specific address or beneficial owner... cover art (unsigned, uncredited; looks as if it may've been reproduced from a pre-existing comic frame) cover price 30p, 95c aus., 90c n.z. 224pp. (check) including titles, indicia (ha!) etc, end p. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 19th Jul 2019		new english library four square books imprint p/b first printing (after five george philips / george philips/new english library four square books printings bearing cover art by edward mortelmans) sixth four square books imprint over-all, bears new cover art (unsigned, uncredited) cover price 5/-, france 5.60 ff, belgium fr 50, netherlands fl 3.50, germany (dbr) dm 4.00, switzerland fr 4.00, italy lire 600 so should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule - or not so re-flagged, according to equally well-respected moderator's heartfelt plea 224pp. including titles, indica etc. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 21st Jan 2019		first published year date is^W was wrong and should^W has been corrected to 1914. first edition published 1914 by a. c. mcclurg & co. (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Edgar Rice Burroughs - Tarzan Of The Apes - Four Square - Paperback - UK (1967)

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Edgar Rice Burroughs - Tarzan Of The Apes - Ballantine Books - Paperback - USA (1966)